(June 1937)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 68
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Detective Comics, Inc.
- Editing:
- Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson; Vincent Sullivan (associate); Whitney Ellsworth (Associate)
- Color:
- Color
- Dimensions:
- Standard Golden Age US; Standard Silver Age US; Standard Modern Age US
- Paper Stock:
- Newsprint; Glossy
- Binding:
- Saddle-stitched; Squarebound
- Publishing Format:
- Was Ongoing Series
The Mystery of San Jose Island
Speed Saunders / comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Gardner Fox?
- Pencils:
- Creig Flessel (Fless)
- Inks:
- Creig Flessel
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- detective-mystery
- Characters:
- Arthur Bell (intro, death); May Adams (intro); VILLAINS: Nick Del Borno (intro); "Padre" Desoto (intro)
[The Rajah's Ruby]
Cosmo / comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Sven Elven
- Inks:
- Sven Elven
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Characters:
- Capt. Nelson (intro); Paul Hartley (intro); Rajah Daj (intro); VILLAIN: Hutchinson (intro)
Death Message
Buck Marshall / comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Homer Fleming?
- Pencils:
- Homer Fleming
- Inks:
- Homer Fleming
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Characters:
- VILLAINS: Vanter (intro); Logan (intro)
Indexer Notes
story in black and white
The Claws of the Red Dragon [Part 4]
Bruce Nelson / comic story / 12 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
- Pencils:
- Tom Hickey
- Inks:
- Tom Hickey
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- detective-mystery
- Characters:
- VILLAIN: Stucchi
The Evil Oak
text story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Gardner Fox (Paul Dean)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Reprints:
-
in Atomic Comics (Green Publishing, 1946 series) #1 (January 1946)
-
The Bumps Mystery
filler / 4 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Russell Cole (as Alger)
- Pencils:
- Russell Cole (as Alger)
- Inks:
- Russell Cole (as Alger)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
[The Balinoff Case: Part 4]
Spy / comic story / 4 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils:
- Joe Shuster
- Inks:
- Joe Shuster
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- adventure
- Characters:
- Sally Norris (guest star); VILLAINS: Olga Balinoff and her spy ring
The Bloody Will
Mr. Chang / comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Ed Winiarski
- Inks:
- Ed Winiarski
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- adventure
- Characters:
- Joshua McAllister (intro, death); VILLAIN: Agatha (intro, death)
Indexer Notes
story in black and white
The Hollywood Murders
Slam Bradley / comic story / 12 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils:
- Joe Shuster
- Inks:
- Joe Shuster
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- detective-mystery
- Characters:
- VILLAIN: Terril Desmond (intro)
Editing
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
The Mystery of San Jose Island
Speed Saunders -
2.
[The Rajah's Ruby]
Cosmo -
3.
Death Message
Buck Marshall -
4.
The Claws of the Red Dragon [Part 4]
Bruce Nelson -
5.
The Evil Oak
-
6.
The Bumps Mystery
-
7.
[The Balinoff Case: Part 4]
Spy -
8.
The Bloody Will
Mr. Chang -
9.
The Hollywood Murders
Slam Bradley
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- Terry Vraspir
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